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Just finished putting the primary drive back together. My 10 y/o grandson spent the night last night, so he helped. Good stuff. He's way more particular than I am about putting tools back where they belong, and that's nice.
I think I've said this before, but learning the in's and out's on this thing has been interesting. Everything is the same as a big twin, but different. One difference that is nice is the way you set the primary chain tension. So much easier to do, and way easier to get it exactly where you want it.
That's pretty much it for things I can do until the frame gets back. A week from now, I should be well into assembly.
Just finished putting the primary drive back together. My 10 y/o grandson spent the night last night, so he helped. Good stuff. He's way more particular than I am about putting tools back where they belong, and that's nice.
I think I've said this before, but learning the in's and out's on this thing has been interesting. Everything is the same as a big twin, but different. One difference that is nice is the way you set the primary chain tension. So much easier to do, and way easier to get it exactly where you want it.
That's pretty much it for things I can do until the frame gets back. A week from now, I should be well into assembly.
Awesome helper.. Hopefully my Grandson will help in the same manner someday...
Never saw the inside of the primary on a Sporster motor... Do you have any pics?
Last edited by 98hotrodfatboy; Apr 14, 2018 at 01:00 PM.
The chain tensioner on these mounts to the outer primary cover. It is mounted to a bolt that threads through the cover and is secured by a jam nut. Makes it really easy to adjust, although apparently that didn't stop the previous owner of mine to run it too tight and turn it into this after only 20k miles:
The bolt is machined out on the end for an Allen head wrench for adjusting. This is what sticks out of the cover once its installed.
Trying to finish some odds and ends while I wait for the frame to come back from powdercoat.
Today's mini-project was to drill and tap a blind hole under the lower triple tree on the fork in order to mount this brake fitting. The fork is standing upside down on this shot:
And for something really fun, I decided to bolt the kicker to the motor, pull the plugs, and actually test for the first time if it works. This was the first time I turned over the motor with the kick lever.
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